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So Colette's actually going to leave the village…" Genis said, neither me or Lloyd said anything. We were probably both plotting on how to join them.
"There's Colette's house." I mumbled when it came into view, just for something to break the silence.
"I've had slight training in self defense, and street fighting, I've been a mercenary for over a year and I'm sure I can manage with this." Laura held out the sword.
"I admit you weren't horrible back at the chapel…' Kratos trailed off. "But this journey is unsafe, you'd be better off in the village."
"Jasmine has an exsphere, as do I, which proves we aren't ordinary citizens. We should be traveling, anyway, and I'm 18, So you can consider me an adult." She paused. "On second thought don't, just think of me as a person, Kratos dear."
"Fine, do what you want."
"Then we shall entrust the protection of the Chosen to Kratos, Raine, Laura, and Jasmine."
Yay!
I was spared from having to try to convince Kratos to let me join, but I wasn't sure how good of protection I would be
"Thank you so much for your help earlier!" Colette noticed us in the doorway.
"Yes, Thank you." Phaidra echoed.
"Say, were you talking about the world regeneration journey just now?" Lloyd questioned.
"Yes."
"Wow! I wanna go too! I wanna see Colette regenerate the world!"
"If Raine is going, I want to go too." Genis stated.
"No. You'll get in the way."
"I think they'd be assets." I tried.
"I'm having my doubts about taking you, don't push it." I shut up.
"Wh…what?"
"The battles at the chapel were nothing compared to the journey that awaits us. Children need to stay home." I should leave before he changes his mind…
"Kratos is absolutely right." Shut up Mayor. you're on the same list as Remiel.
"Now then, we still have things to discuss. You two should go home.
"I blinked, "I'm included in this?"
"You are going, aren't you?" Facepalm.
I hate you Mayor.
"I can fill you in later, if you'd like." Laura offered as Lloyd and Genis left. "Nah, I'll stay. But first, I wanna tell you something."
"okay."She followed me outside.
"The meeting sounds boring and incredibly not you like, you're only staying cause of Kratos, aren't you?"
"Yes. That and to convince him to take us."
"Alright, just had to make sure you were sane."
Colette ran out.
"Please wait!" She tripped, a sign of her clumsiness…Okay, I'm not one to talk, I trip on air quite frequently.
"I'm sorry."
"It's not like it's your fault." Lloyd answered.
"Oh yeah…I'm sorry."
"Oh yeah. Happy birthday Colette! I baked you some cookies, if I knew you'd be leaving tomorrow I would've made something a little more special but…"
"No no, I love your cookies! Thank you very much!"
"You never told me today was your birthday!" I should have remembered, true…Blame Remiel and the mayor for being in the storyline.
Colette apologized.
"Happy Birthday!"
"So what about you Lloyd? You promised to make her a necklace right?"
"…uhhh…heh…"
"Don't tell me you forgot!"
"Uh, It's…It's almost done. Uh, I'll give it to you…tomorrow, before you leave. I swear!"
"Really? I'm so happy! As soon as I find out when we're leaving, I'll go to your house to let you know."
"isn't it going to be dangerous?"
"I'm the Chosen remember? I'll be fine, see you later then." Colette was a really good liar, she had to be a little scared, but you couldn't even tell.
"…Liar."
"If I start on it now, I'll finish it in time."
"Oh really? Well, whatever. By the way, you're going home now right? Can I go part of the way with you?"
"Sure, but where are you going to go?"
"I'm going to visit someone."
"O-Okay then."
"We'll come along with…Colette later." Laura stated.
"S-see you later." I hated myself for stumbling on my words.
After the meeting, Laura told me a little about how she'd met Kratos.
She'd met him earlier that day, taken a sword off a wannabe thief, scared him by knowing his name and convinced him that she was a mercenary, all while getting an exsphere and making it seem like she'd had one in the past.
I had to hand it to her, it was brilliant.
Now that the meeting was over, everyone came with Colette to Lloyd's house.
"You don't have to hit me!" Lloyd came running out the door.
"Oh…let me guess…you heard that just now?" Colette, Raine, Kratos, Genis, Laura and me were standing there, exactly like the game.
"I'm sorry, because of me, you…"
"It's okay. It's not your fault.
" "…Lloyd, you should go speak to Colette." Raine said, even though Colette was right in front of her. "We'll wait here."
"Okay."
"Lloyd, let's go up to the terrace."
"Sure."
"Whose gravestone is this?" Kratos asked, Laura had walked up to him.
"…Lloyd's mum's."
"Anna…hmm."
I was stargazing, real or not, these stars were amazing.
Genis and Raine pointed out the constellations, I tried to memorize them, but most of them still seemed like mesmerizing clusters of dots. My long brown hair was starting to annoy me, both me and Laura have long hair, except Laura's is probably longer then Colette's.
Genis and Raine went inside to get Colette.
"Ocean. I take it you weren't really staying in that Inn with your uncle, were you?" Raine asked out of nowhere.
Why hide it now? "You're right." I admitted, then added "It's just me and Laura, but we weren't usually in Iselia."
She didn't ask any more questions, I guessed she had originally thought I was alone, I had too.
I stared at the bow for awhile, taking in the events of the day.
"We're getting equipped first thing in the morning." Kratos. Breaking me out of my trance.
"…All right." I still wasn't that happy about waking up at 6am, but I figured complaining would get me nowhere.
I was still wearing my cargo pants afterward, but Kratos had bought some leather guard things, it was strange, but tolerable. I pointed out that the desert would be really hot, so I ended up wearing a tank top-like thing, and a jacket similar to Raine's, and Kratos made us all wear leather guard underneath our clothes. Laura kept her ordinary clothes-black skinny jeans and a hoodie, (Lloyd had pointed out that they seemed like strange clothes, and she countered with what he was wearing.) on, and wore leather guard both had messenger bag looking bags for supplies.
The walk was endless. The path ahead looked endless too. Colette and Laura were the only ones who really tried conversation, and Laura avoided contact with Colette if she could help it. There were also times where the only sound was whatever our footsteps made. I was starting to wish Lloyd and Genis had come along.
Did I mention the walk was endless?
"We should arrive in Triet tomorrow." Kratos assured everyone around the fire.
"You three get sleep, you need it." Raine added.
No one had to tell us, we were asleep instantly.
"Colette!" Awakened at Raine's voice, Colette jumped up.
I said something along the lines of: "Hwah?"
"Someone's coming." Colette whispered. "Should we let Laura sleep?"
Raine shook her head and went to stand beside Kratos.
"Skittles!" I hissed.
Laura was awake. "I heard skittles."
"Stay there." Kratos called. We exchanged questioning looks.
"Lloyd?"
Wait, what? That wasn't supposed to happen.
It happened in the Anime
Oh. That made some sense.
"Lloyd!"
"Hey!"
"I'm confused." Laura whispered. "That didn't happen in the game."
"Nope, but it did happen in the anime."
"Oh yeah."
"I see...so the village..." Raine murmured.
It was morning, and we had just started toward Triet again. Genis and Lloyd had just started to tell the story of what had happened. Neither Laura or I were paying much attention-she was watching Kratos and I was staring at the sand. Why was it so damn hot? It wasn't helping to distract me from the fact that my entire body seemed to reject the idea of walking another day through this desert. I'd never walked for an entire day before-exsphere or not-and I'd never been in a hot desert this long either.
"Our house burned down too." Genis added solemnly.
"Really..." Sounded like we weren't the only ones paying half attention.
"I'm still tired." I groaned. The game makes it look so fast, and the world so small, but in reality we still hadn't made it to Triet, though Kratos claimed we were really close.
"Me too." Laura, Lloyd, and Genis added.
Kratos sighed. "You really will get in the way. Be thankful we only ran into few monsters yesterday."
"No one asked for your opinion." Lloyd muttered.
Kratos humphed and moved forward.
"That guy really bugs me." Lloyd glared at the walking Kratos.
"Are you really 18?" Lloyd asked Laura for the millionth time. He was getting bored, and this was one of his recurring topics.
"Yup."
"You're Really 18."
"Yeah."
"You don't look it."
"I know, I look 13."
"Kinda. Maybe it's because you're kinda short, how tall are you anyway?"
"five feet."
Lloyd turned to me. "What about you?"
"5'2".
Lloyd grinned. "I'm 5'8"
I turned to Colette, "How tall are you?"
"Me? 5'2 also."
"I wonder how tall the professor is." Lloyd wondered aloud.
"5'5" Genis answered.
"I'm the tallest!" Lloyd exclaimed.
"Kratos is taller." Laura said simply.
"How tall are you?" Lloyd asked the mercenary.
"Hmph. Why do you ask?"
"Random curiosity." I supplied.
Kratos sighed. "6'½."
"So Kratos is the tallest." Genis added.
"What about you? You're the shortest. How tall are you?"
Genis sighed. "4'8"
It was a relieving moment when we finally saw the oasis, and Triet with it.
What did we get ourselves into?
